788. GEISSLER, -- (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.). [Process for Obtaining Organic Compounds.] German Patent Appl. I 76,503. OZ 14,523 filed Dec. 21, 1943 (Cl. IV d-12 o). TOM Reel 23, item 15, frames 183-185: Meyer Transl. PC-S-II, Fischer-Tropsch, vol.

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788. GEISSLER, -- (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.). [Process for Obtaining Organic Compounds.] German Patent Appl. I 76,503. OZ 14,523 filed Dec. 21, 1943 (Cl. IV d-12 o). TOM Reel 23, item 15, frames 183-185: Meyer Transl. PC-S-II, Fischer-Tropsch, vol. 5, chap 150, 1949, p. 18.

In separating organic compounds, such as alcohols, ketones, and the like, from their mixture with hydrocarbons by treating the mixture in a liquid or dissolved condition with adsorbing substances such as active gels, the adsorbed organic compounds are removed with H₂O or aqueous mixtures instead of with solvents. Example: 12 parts, by weight, of a fraction of a product, b. 180º-230º, obtained by the hydrogenation of CO and containing 40% of alcohols besides hydrocarbons, diluted with double the amount of petroleum ether, and brought into contact with 25 parts, by weight, of a wide-pored silica gel. The gel is washed with petroleum ether to remove the hydrocarbons and shaken well several times with cold H₂O. An oily layer is formed with the H₂O, which when dried contains 3.1 parts, be weight, of a product containly 97% alcohol.